PPP. It’s one of the many acronyms (or initialisms, if you prefer) associated with the uses of global navigation satellite systems. It stands for precise point positioning. But what is that? Isn’t all ...

Ford Fusion equipped with Swift Navigation Skylark Precise Positioning Service at the American Center for Mobility, Ypsilanti, Michigan. On a closed course, as soon as the driver gets behind the wheel ...

NASA’s laser retroreflector arrays aboard GPS III satellites enhance positioning accuracy for Earth navigation and scientific measurements by reflecting laser signals back to ground stations.

As the automotive industry moves to higher levels of automated and autonomous driving (Figure 1), lane-level accuracy combined with adherence to strict automotive safety standards is required, but ...

Microwave imaging is similar to CT imaging, but instead of X-rays, the microwaves are used to probe the structure and composition of an object. To facilitate experimentation with microwave imaging, ...

With the speed at which technology advances, there is little room for suboptimal performance and out-of-date tech. Precise positioning is a field where advancement is needed, as many conventional ...

STMicroelectronics has developed the Teseo VI family of GNSS receivers for high-volume precise positioning in automotive and industrial applications. It is the first to integrate all the necessary ...

These days, satellite positioning systems play a fundamental role in our society. We are constantly surrounded by this technology, and it has been fully integrated into our lives. It has multiple ...

A research team led by Professor Kaiji Sato (Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology) revealed a method for designing with ease ...

Brushless servo motors are all the hype these days. But stepper motors still provide a number of advantages while being more cost efficient and robust. Together with precision linear and rotary ...